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Summer Session 2008
July 7-August 1
Modernism in France
The French Riviera
Courses: Art History 183C & 198 (4 units)
Modernism in France: The French Riviera
This program is an in-depth examination of the modern movement in French art from Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism to Surrealism. Through lectures, discussions, adn field trips to museums in Nice, St. Tropez, Aix-en-Provence, and St. Paul-de-Vence, the course will focus on artists who painted on the French Riviera, including Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, and Leger. The program is located at the historic Chateau de La Napoule four miles from Cannes on the Mediterranean. Students will live on the Chateau grounds in the beaux-arts Villa Marguerite.
GE credit: none
Instructor:
Dianne Macleod, Ph.D.
Art History Department, UC Davis
Email: dsmacleod@ucdavis.edu
Professor Dianne Macleod has taught in France for
eight previous summers. She is currently writing a book about American
women collectors, many of whom specialized in French art. Her fields
of interest are 19th-Century, Modern and Gender Studies.
For further information and to apply, contact http:summer-sessions,ucdavis.edu/abroad
email: summer-abroad@ucdavis.edu
phone: 1-800-summer6
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